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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs SharePoint comparison

The compared Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SharePoint solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is ranked #3 in CCP , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 5.2% mindshare in the category. SharePoint is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 15.1% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of SharePoint users who would recommend it.
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83% willing to recommend
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79% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (3rd)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 5.2%, down 10.5% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 15.1% mindshare, down 19.7% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server5.2%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise10.1%
Microsoft OneDrive for Business9.4%
Other75.3%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SharePoint15.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management10.6%
OpenText Content Management10.1%
Other64.2%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Vinicius Borges - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaboration tools improve efficiency but overlap creates confusion
I had minimal contact regarding Salesforce at my work, only reading a few papers about it. I deal with Microsoft's collaboration tools. All the collaboration tools from Microsoft, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint, are what I use nowadays. The document management features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are not very good compared to OneDrive. For sharing documents, we are using OneDrive regularly, while Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is used to plug in Power BI and other applications from Office 365. I am somewhat familiar with their advanced search functionality, and it does a good job. Regarding Microsoft Office SharePoint Server versus OneDrive, I have a critique of Microsoft. Many applications for Office 365 have overlap, which causes confusion with end users regarding what tools they need for their business needs. The Copilot features have been causing much confusion, as there are plenty of Microsoft products starting to call themselves Copilot this and Copilot that. Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
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Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the "Alert Me", which provides the ability to set an alert when content is either added or changed and that the alerts can be either real-time or aggregated for the day or the week."
"Ability to collaborate with others in one location."
"The support from Microsoft is very quick and they are very proactive."
"It's a very robust product."
"The solution is pretty easy to use for the most part."
"This solution has provided us with a collaborative workspace to allow everyone to work together and be on the same page."
"The forms aspect of the solution, for example, the creation of surveys, is its most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Communication Site."
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"Information is now available instantly to managers on all devices."
"OneDrive and SharePoint provide a secure, fully auditable way of storing information."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"It allows for simultaneous users to be on it."
"It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint include the ability to co-edit documents in the Office suite, particularly Excel and Word."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"Its configuration management ability is critical for document-based systems."
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Cons

"I would like to see the integration with Teams reinforced."
"Technical support could be improved. They are not fast enough, especially when we'll go deeper in the product itself. More complex issues make it very tough to find someone that can help you."
"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."
"The velocity and speed of information retrieval in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be improved."
"The solution needs to enable better sharing capabilities between users and external users. Several users also have problems with linking their emails to their Microsoft account."
"The GUI is outdated."
"The document management features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are not very good compared to OneDrive."
"Regarding the setup for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, I have to rate it lower, maybe a seven out of 10, as it is a little bit more complex and not so easy to use in some use cases."
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"The solution should be made more user-friendly for technical and business people."
"I have been facing some challenges when using SharePoint, as the workflows freeze at times, so there is a maintenance activity which needs to be done periodically."
"Using SharePoint is difficult."
"Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud."
"Make it more intuitive."
"We'd like to be able to upload from MS Excel to deploy tasks and use drop-down lists to collect further information."
"It should have more user-friendly customization, as it still requires developers to get engaged and build sites."
"The technical support from Microsoft for SharePoint is often slow and rated a three out of ten."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."
"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."
"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."
"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"The pricing is competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise80
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
The pricing for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is very reasonable, and the cost is not a significant concern.
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What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
Accountability is one benefit of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. We can all see the document live and see it being changed. We can review it as soon as they're done and make the changes, make t...
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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
We used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server fairly early on at Clemson for our project management and documentation. We used it for tracking documents and managing project-related materials.
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What do you like most about SharePoint?
The search feature is valuable.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
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What needs improvement with SharePoint?
Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...
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Also Known As

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

Overview

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is a Microsoft software portal based on the ASP.NET framework. MOSS facilitates file sharing and collaboration, social networking, Web databases and Web publishing. It is hosted by Microsoft Windows Server and is accessible through Microsoft Office or the Web.

Microsoft

SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow.

Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around.

Microsoft
 

Sample Customers

Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy
Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
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